Amos Spring Jr. (1779 - 1850)

Born 15 Dec 1779 in Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Reliance (Snow) Spring — married 6 Oct 1801 in Granville (Toland), Hampden County, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 15 May 1850 at age 70 in Attica, Wyoming, New York, United States

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Biography

Amos Spring was born on 16 December 1779 in Otis, Massachusetts, United States, the son of Amos Spring and Rebecca Curtis Spring.^[1][2]

He was married to Reliance Snow.^[2] Their children were:^[2]

• Martha Spring (1802–1885)
• Erastus Spring 1805–1896
• Rebecca Spring (1807–1894)
• Amos Spring (1808–1862)
• Reliance Rowena Spring (1810–1885)
• Ephriam Harvey Spring (1811–1893)
• Lois Louisa Spring (1813–1895)
• Olive Samantha Spring (1816–1899)
• Darius Newton Spring (1817–1896)
• Alpheus Spring (1819–1896)

Amos was a Captain in the United State Army during the War of 1812.^[2] Find A Grave states that he initially enlisted as a private in the Col. Davies Regiment and was promoted to Second Corporal.^[2] He served with Captain Buell.^[3] Research by the Whitney Research Group found that he fought in the Battle of Fort Erie with his brother Darius, who was killed at Buffalo, New York.^[4] Amos's service as a soldier and his brother's death is also mentioned in the 1888 book Portrait and Biographical Album of Lenawee County, Mich.^[5]

Amos died on 9 May 1850 in Attica, Wyoming County, New York.^[2] His remains were interred at Warsaw Cemetery in Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York.^[2]

Research notes

Find A Grave states that Amos and Reliance also had a child Sidney Ernest Spring (1802–1898).^[2] This is thought to be incorrect. A Wisconsin death record for Sidney Ernest Spring indicates he was born around 1846 (not 1802) and his father's name was Ernest Spring.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQD4-K8X : 10 February 2018), Amos Spring, 15 Dec 1779; citing OTIS,BERKSHIRE,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 0496645 IT 6.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7} Photo of memorial, available online through Find-a-Grave Find A Grave: Memorial #23921680
3. ↑ Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, NY, 1788-1890, Frederick W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Company, 1890, available online through Google Books
4. ↑ Whitney Research Group, Spring, Amos (1779-1850)
5. ↑ "Portrait and Biographical Album of Lenawee County, Mich." (1888). Chicago: Chapman Brothers, p. 446. Retrieved 27 May 2019 by Clare Spring from https://archive.org/details/portraitbiograph02chapman/page/446.
6. ↑ "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL9K-3L3 : 10 March 2018), Sidney Ernest Spring, 1898; citing Death, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Historical Society, Madison; FHL microfilm 1,311,655.